Tuberculin Skin Test Result and Risk of Death among Persons with Active TB

BACKGROUND: Although the tuberculin skin test (TST) is frequently used to aid in the diagnosis of tuberculosis (TB) disease and to identify persons with latent TB infection, it is an imperfect test and approximately 10–25% of persons with microbiologically confirmed TB disease have a negative TST. P...

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Autores principales: Auld, Sara C., Click, Eleanor S., Heilig, Charles M., Miramontes, Roque, Cain, Kevin P., Bisson, Gregory P., Kenzie, William R. Mac.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2013
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078779

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3823982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24244358
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0078779

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